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CALGARY - A fire has halted operations at one of Suncor Energy's two oilsands upgraders north of Fort McMurray, the company said Tuesday.
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" @1 ?5 L+ {) I6 _No one was hurt in the incident which happened after a fire broke out around midnight at its upgrader #1, Suncor said.. l0 r5 X8 i' v: U, V7 }
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The energy giant said the 125,000-barrel-per-day unit was shut down after the fire, and it is currently assessing damage.2 r0 K# H+ c: j; B
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Suncor has been plagued by a series fires at its oilsands operations in the past five months, suffering three fires since October in the upgraders which convert bitumen into synthetic crude oil.
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0 Y0 a; A6 H& d' L+ ]7 T" g) `+ CAccording to Reuters, Suncor could not specify how much crude the unit was producing before the incident.
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* [( i7 U0 o( Q6 j, MA fire in upgrader number 2 last December took more than a month to repair. |
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